Open thread: Sunday morning talking heads

posted at 8:01 am on August 10, 2014 by Allahpundit

Nothing much going on this Sunday morning on the chat shows except for Putin preparing to gobble up eastern Ukraine, ISIS preparing to gobble up Kurdistan, and Obama preparing to gobble up what’s left of separation of powers with his looming executive order on amnesty. Seems like a moment that might warrant an appearance by a cabinet member, if not The One himself, but as I write this no one from the administration is scheduled to appear. It’s left to former Obama appointees, like ambassador to Iraq James Jeffrey and national security advisor James Jones, to pick up the slack on “Face the Nation” and “State of the Union” respectively. Hmmm.

It’s a good day for Republican hawks, though. McCain will also be on “State of the Union,” Lindsey Graham will lead on “Fox News Sunday,” and Kelly Ayotte will appear on “Political Capital” on Bloomberg TV. Where are the doves? Or are there any when it comes to ISIS? The full line-up is at Politico.

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Oh Please. Hasn’t the boy king already agreed to come back to the White House for TWO days during his much deserved vacation?? And you want him to show up on a Sunday show when there’s golfing that needs to be done, and hamburgers that need to be eaten? Making all the wrong decisions is hard- a guy needs a break.

Welcome to the DNC Media Propaganda Hour, kids! Join the DNC Media for all of the (lefty) opinions that Americans need to hear as we survey once again the wreckage brought on by the foreign policy stupidity of O’Bozo – the Clown President – in his spot-on reenactment of the Jimmy Carter Presidency.

This week we get the now-almost-boring-routine of laughing at O’Bozo and yet another stunningly predictable disaster resulting from his stupidity and juvenile politics. We will be joined by Diane Feinberg, Greasy Joe Blivet, and any number of O’Bozo’s fellow Democrats as they second guess his judgment, his grasp of military concepts, his honesty, his sanity, his work ethic … (etc., ad nauseum)

Summary: I honestly don’t remember a week this pathetic, but during the week when O’Bozo’s political raison d’etre is crushed like a sissy European cigarette on the flight deck of the Abraham Lincoln during GW Bush’s Mission Accomplished declaration? If this isn’t propaganda, then it doesn’t exist.

The world is aflame, O’Bozo is definitively exposed as a nitwit, a liar, and a joke … and there is exactly one conservatives brought into the discussion to point this out, plus a handful of the same old-same old Sunday Morning RINOs, the activist Democrat/Liberal media tools, and the kookiest of the Kook Left Fringe.

McCain, Graham, King… this is what the populace believes is conservative. They also have been brainwashed to believe the moderators/hosts are neutral and the shows themselves are forums. Fuel for the indoctrinated, propaganda for dummies.

Seems like a moment that might warrant an appearance by a cabinet member, if not The One himself, but as I write this no one from the administration is scheduled to appear. It’s left to former Obama appointees, like ambassador to Iraq James Jeffrey and national security advisor James Jones, to pick up the slack on “Face the Nation” and “State of the Union” respectively. Hmmm.

Because no one wants to answer, “Was it a mistake not to leave more US troops in Iraq? Did Biden blow the SOFA? Will the same thing happen in Afghanistan?”

I’ve been wondering why Hillary, who reportedly was opposed to Obama’s pull-out, hasn’t used this to distance herself. But then, she may be on record as later publicly supporting – and she does have to keep an eye to the left.

I did see this over at Times of Israel:

Former US secretary of state and potential presidential candidate Hillary Rodham Clinton issued a staunch defense of Israel over its conduct of the war against Hamas, placed full ultimate responsibility on Hamas for the deaths of children and other innocent people, and defended Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s insistence on maintaining security control in the West Bank in the next few years.

In an interview published Sunday by Jeffrey Goldberg for The Atlantic, she also urged an “overarching” US strategy to confront Islamic terrorism, equating this struggle to the one the US waged against communism.

She spoke of the “failure” that arose from the Obama administration’s decision not to aid the initial uprising against Syria’s President Bashar Assad, which created a vacuum now filled by jihadists.

And overall, she indicated that she considered President Barack Obama’s approach to foreign policy to be too cautious. Responding to Obama’s self-described foreign policy doctrine of: “Don’t do stupid shit,” Clinton, who served as his top diplomat for four years between 2009 and 2013, said: “Great nations need organizing principles, and ‘Don’t do stupid stuff’ is not an organizing principle.”

Obama preparing to gobble up what’s left of separation of powers with his looming executive order on amnesty.

Since congress isn’t fighting back against Obama’s imperialism, the states should.

All the governors should get together and issue a statement saying that the states won’t recognize the legal validity of any residency or work authorizations issued by the executive branch to illegal aliens, unless or until such authorizations have been explicitly approved by congress.

Just because Obama wants to violate the constitution and his oath of office doesn’t mean the rest of us have to go along with it.

The Summary: I honestly don’t remember a week this pathetic, but during the week when O’Bozo’s political raison d’etre is crushed like a sissy European cigarette on the flight deck of the Abraham Lincoln during GW Bush’s Mission Accomplished declaration? If this isn’t propaganda, then it doesn’t exist.

The world is aflame, O’Bozo is definitively exposed as a nitwit, a liar, and a joke … and there is exactly one conservatives brought into the discussion to point this out, plus a handful of the same old-same old Sunday Morning RINOs, the activist Democrat/Liberal media tools, and the kookiest of the Kook Left Fringe.

Jaibones on August 10, 2014 at 8:18 AM

…and he’s on a show that no one will even see.

Thank you, Jaibones, for not only your wonderful weekly roundup (as usual). You really outdid yourself with this Summary!

Obama preparing to gobble up what’s left of separation of powers with his looming executive order on amnesty.

Since congress isn’t fighting back against Obama’s imperialism, the states should.

All the governors should get together and issue a statement saying that the states won’t recognize the legal validity of any residency or work authorizations issued by the executive branch to illegal aliens, unless or until such authorizations have been explicitly approved by congress.

Just because Obama wants to violate the constitution and his oath of office doesn’t mean the rest of us have to go along with it.

AZCoyote on August 10, 2014 at 9:27 AM
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The game the regime is playing is to see how far they can go before the far right explodes into violence which will change the venue from what they do to what we are doing. This what it’s all about.
When you analyze it it’s a brilliant strategy if you are a hardcore communist hell bent on destroying the country and producing chaos world wide.
If the hard right sits back and does nothing they keep doing sh_t that makes us crazy. Open borders, ebola, irs, Isis in Iraq, you name it they will do it. If the far right does take action they win and federal troops will soon be firing on US citizens: the goal all along.
So they have a win-win political strategy either away.
Brilliantly played as well. Too bad we don’t have a clue about political strategy on our side.

Summary: I honestly don’t remember a week this pathetic, but during the week when O’Bozo’s political raison d’etre is crushed like a sissy European cigarette on the flight deck of the Abraham Lincoln during GW Bush’s Mission Accomplished declaration? If this isn’t propaganda, then it doesn’t exist. Jaibones on August 10, 2014 at 8:18 AM

Just in. There has been a severe accident on capital hill. Unknown if there are survivors. Witnesses have reported that John McCain and Sheila Jackson-Lee saw the same TV camera simultaneously and the subsequent collision may have caused nuclear fusion upon their arriving at the focal point simultaneously.

Just in. There has been a severe accident on capital hill. Unknown if there are survivors. Witnesses have reported that John McCain and Sheila Jackson-Lee saw the same TV camera simultaneously and the subsequent collision may have caused nuclear fusion upon their arriving at the focal point simultaneously.

I agree that Obama will keep pushing the limits to see how far his lawlessness can go before there is serious pushback. That’s why I think the states should get together and draw a line. This isn’t a Democrat or Republican issue anymore. We have a power-mad executive shredding the constitution, and daring us to stop him.

This is Obama’s disaster, and he was wrong, and he is wrong. Obama is wrong. He screwed up, he’s screwing up. The whole Iraq/Syria area is on fire, and all he’ll say is “there’s no US military solution to this”?

I tried to go to church, but the school the church uses was reserved for the County Fair.
I did a little shopping instead.
At least I’m glad I got out and missed the dreck that apparently FNS is this week.

I tried to go to church, but the school the church uses was reserved for the County Fair.
I did a little shopping instead.
At least I’m glad I got out and missed the dreck that apparently FNS is this week.

I agree that Obama will keep pushing the limits to see how far his lawlessness can go before there is serious pushback. That’s why I think the states should get together and draw a line. This isn’t a Democrat or Republican issue anymore. We have a power-mad executive shredding the constitution, and daring us to stop him.

It’s time to step up and do exactly that.

AZCoyote on August 10, 2014 at 10:15 AM
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Great idea! Lets hope it happens. State Governors have lots of power if the will unite and use it.We have a brilliant Governor here in Fla.

Call me crazy or stupid but, since our government seems to be drifting into a parliamentary form … where one party seems to rule and the legislative branch is a rubber stamp for the executive … why can’t 34 states get together to amend the constitution to provide for a “no confidence” vote on the president during every mid-term election? Not sure how this would play out specifically but it sure would keep a rogue president in line.

This is why the New Media exists to trump the old Driveby media. We do it well get bigger and better every week.

rodguy911 on August 10, 2014 at 9:39 AM

So dead-on true. The comment about Steyn is perfect. He is one of my all-time favorite commentators:

As Mark Steyn said in a recent column: “America has a two-party system in which one party is committed to making things worse and the other party isn’t committed to making things any better.”

Syzygy on August 10, 2014 at 8:57 AM

Perfectly said and absolutely true. I hate to sound like a broken record but I keep going back to Jeff Sessions and his vote to confirm Eric Holder as AG. Sessions gets a lot of praise for trying to hold the line on illegal immigration these days, but how could such a guy vote to confirm Holder? What are we missing?

Something is very wrong with the GOP…no one ever tries to reverse last year’s damage. Another case in point: Paul Ryan’s budget proposal. Think about what he did there.

I agree that Obama will keep pushing the limits to see how far his lawlessness can go before there is serious pushback. That’s why I think the states should get together and draw a line. This isn’t a Democrat or Republican issue anymore. We have a power-mad executive shredding the constitution, and daring us to stop him.

It’s time to step up and do exactly that.

AZCoyote on August 10, 2014 at 10:15 AM

Obama is provoking Rebellion. And I think he is doing so deliberately. He believes that he will win any armed Rebellion and that in so doing he will destroy conservatism and the Constitution.

His domestic defense policy is just as stupid and wrong as his foreign policy.

I still can’t get the image from the link from yesterday, of the little Christian girl maybe 6-8 years old, out of my mind. Pretty dress. No head.

Who chops off the head of a six year old little girl?

That image will haunt me.

wolly4321 on August 10, 2014 at 11:35 AM

Photos of the horrors of war really bring it home. Some of those on the talk shows who are in the know, their faces seem to reflect what’s going on there, showing an apparent visceral pain, anguish, revulsion, incredulity, a measured, serious tone, a begrudging acceptance of something horrible. Even in some of his recent press conferences, for a few moments, Obama’s s***-eating grin is absent, along with his “I’m so cool, I don’t care about anything” demeanor. Thanks for small favors.

I just saw Chris Wallace on Howard Kurtz’s show. In the past year the administration has allowed two appearances by anyone in their ranks. Two! And Wallace got nasty grams from Kerry and the White House for acknowledging his open mic screw up.

I still can’t get the image from the link from yesterday, of the little Christian girl maybe 6-8 years old, out of my mind. Pretty dress. No head.

Who chops off the head of a six year old little girl?

That image will haunt me.

wolly4321 on August 10, 2014 at 11:35 AM

The US needs to vigorously and relentlessly prosecute a war of extermination against those barbaric bastiches. There is a total lack of humaity there which exemplifies the worst evils perpetrated throughout history.
If The Won has any chance of preserving any sort of legacy, other than his current record of complete failure, it would be to halt the carnage for which he bears significant responsibility.
However, I place the odds of Zero actually stepping up as as close to zero.

Obama is provoking Rebellion. And I think he is doing so deliberately. He believes that he will win any armed Rebellion and that in so doing he will destroy conservatism and the Constitution.

His domestic defense policy is just as stupid and wrong as his foreign policy.

ConstantineXI on August 10, 2014 at 10:51 AM
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I agree. If you add up everything he does its all designed to get us to react to what he does so he can change the topic from what a disaster his regime is to how we have reacted to it.
Lets hope that does not happen.
As newt Gingrich just stated on NBC with DNC Dave don’t go for impeachment just go for a win in the Senate and then defund everything zero wants.
Smarter way to fly.
Defang the canary.